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This 5 page paper discusses the movies: Notting Hill and Noises Off. Examples are given from both movies of a character engaged in both external and internal blocking agents. A discussion of form, structure, and blocking agent(conflict) role in a work of literature and/or film. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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could say, allows the viewer or reader some modicum of comfort, even if they are not aware of it. Within this structure are the characters who are basically in conflict
with something. In many cases, the characters are blocked and must overcome this internal and external blocking agent before they can attain any kind of goal or success.
Conflict drives the plot and adds dimension to the character. In Notting Hill, a screenplay by Curtis Richard, there is plenty of both internal
and external conflicts/blocking agents. Notting Hill is a movie about the unlikely romance which blooms between a movie star and a bookstore owner. Sounds implausible, but that is why there
is conflict and blocking which happens almost immediately. In fact, the two lovers meet when a bookseller, played by Hugh Grant, inadvertently
spills orange juice down Julia Roberts shirt. Feeling terrible about the incident, Grant invites Roberts up to his apartment so he can clean her up. One thing leads to another
and they become involved. Problem is: shes famous, hes not. And thats only the beginning of their problems.
The basic structure of most fiction stories follows a simple Act one, Act Two, Act Three kind of format. In the first part of the movie, or Act one, the
protagonists are introduced and their main goals stated. Interestingly enough, both Anna Scott(Julia Roberts) and William Thacker (Hugh Grant) want the same thing: true love.
Also critical to the Act one formatting is that once the main characters goal is stated, it has to be shown that this particular goal isnt
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